Softball dead period
The National Fast-Pitch Coaches Association convention is coming and so is the dead period that surrounds it. You can pick up a reminder.
Archives Archive November 2009
EdCol: Skill instruction and scrimmages as gray ops
LSDBi has a new EdCol about who can watch skill instruction and informal basketball scrimmages.
Basketball, field hockey, and soccer freebies
Remember, student-athletes who play in basketball, field hockey, and soccer preseason exhibition contests and preseason practice scrimmages during their initial year of enrollment at the certifying institution get a freebie. Everyone else uses a season of competition. This EdCol has more.
Mid-term transfers and the six-hour rule
There's an EdCol today about mid-term transfers and the six-hour rule. The mind reels.
One and the same some of the time
A new staff interp:
Volleyball and Sand Volleyball are Considered the Same Sport (I/II/III)
Date Published: November 12, 2009
Item Ref: a
The academic and membership staff confirmed that volleyball and sand volleyball are considered the same sport for purposes of NCAA amateurism and outside competition legislation. [References: NCAA Division I Bylaws 12.1.2 (amateur status), 12.1.3 (amateur status if professional in another sport, 14.2.3.2 (delayed enrollment), and 14.7.1 (outside competition -- sports other than basketball); NCAA Division II Bylaws 12.1.2 (amateur status), 12.1.3 (amateur status if professional in another sport), and 14.7.1 (outside competition -- sports other than basketball); NCAA Division III Bylaws 12.1.1 (amateur status), 12.1.2 (amateur status if professional in another sport), and 14.7.1 (outside competition)]
Dead period nears
You can pick up a reminder about the upcoming track and field and cross country dead period.
EdCol: Nonqualifier two-year transfers
There's a new EdCol today that covers the permutations of applying NCAA rules to JC transfers who are not qualifiers.
Field hockey dead period reminder
The NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship is approaching. You can pick up a dead period reminder--now in a new vertical style to clear up recent possible confusion.
The Board's basketball interps
As we noted, at its meeting last week, the Board of Directors used its authority set forth in NCAA 5.4.1.1 to issue several interpretations related to men's basketball. And here they are.
The full Board report is also out.
Reports of dead periods greatly exaggerated
Whoops!
We accidentally posted all of our planned dead period reminders a few days ago. We've fixed that so that only the current reminder is available, which is as it should be.
Because recruiting calendars can change, we recommend you toss anything beyond the revised, initial reminder.
6-6 = bowl
One more thing from last week's Board of Directors meeting that just popped up on LSDBi: It sponsored legislation for the 2009-10 cycle that would treat football teams with .500 records the same as teams with winning records for bowl participation.